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Yorkshire Chess History |
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1879: Manchester Athenaeum v Leeds |
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Played in the Lecture Hall of the Athenaeum, Manchester, on Saturday, 17/06/1879, over 8 boards, 2 games per board (time permitting).
This was the “return” match to the 1879 Leeds v Manchester Athenaeum match of 29/03/1879, when Leeds managed a 35% score. In this return match, played away, they scored 33%, which is perhaps as much as could be expected.
A report in the Leeds Mercury of 24/06/1879 recorded the outcome as follows (order of games on a given board unspecified):
The absence of initials – names were prefaced by “Mr.” makes identifying the players – makes identifying players, especially the Manchester ones, difficult. Identities appear to be as follows:
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Created 15/06/2014 |
Stephen John Mann |
Last Updated 15/06/2014 |